ASO Author Reflections: Use of Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) to Evaluate Carcinomatosis in Ovarian Cancer

Preoperative evaluation of computed tomography (CT) in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) with the recognised peritoneal cancer index (PCI)

Lung cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis

Lung cancer is currently one of the most common malignancies in the world and peritoneal involvement is rare in these types of tumors. Clinical manifestations of these metastases are also uncommon and include intestinal perforation and obstruction. The present study reviewed certain aspects of the complication of peritoneal involvement and illustrated it with four cases of patients that were di...

Intra-operative intra-peritoneal chemotherapy with cisplatin in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of ovarian cancer

BACKGROUND Intra-peritoneal (i.p.) chemotherapy is an encouraging treatment option for ovarian cancer with peritoneum involvement in addition with intravenous (i.v.) chemotherapy. Intra-operative i.p. chemotherapy is an interesting method of administration by enhancing the diffusion of chemotherapy. This study had assessed the feasibility of intra-operative i.p. chemotherapy in patients with pe...

Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian cancer

BACKGROUND In selected patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian cancer prognosis can be improved by cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). METHODS Between September 1995 and February 1999, 19 patients (mean age 52 years, range 30-72 years) with peritoneal carcinomatosis from primary or recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma were operated with ...

Photoimmunotherapy of Gastric Cancer Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in a Mouse Model

Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) is a new cancer treatment that combines the specificity of antibodies for targeting tumors with the toxicity induced by photosensitizers after exposure to near infrared (NIR) light. We performed PIT in a model of disseminated gastric cancer peritoneal carcinomatosis and monitored efficacy with in vivo GFP fluorescence imaging. In vitro and in vivo experiments were condu...